Intelligencer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bringer of intelligence (news, information); a spy or informant. dated

    "'Tis likely that the Princes of this land Have heard of us from messengers and come To be their own intelligencers."

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informantinformantspy

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"'Tis likely that the Princes of this land Have heard of us from messengers and come To be their own intelligencers."

Etymology

From intelligence + -er.

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